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No, she would not have forgotten, as I nearly forgot, that F. E. W. also sent me a tie

In the middle of the month, Teixeira began to make preparations, for his return:

Should you happen, he writes, 14. 4. 21, to buy a steam-yacht, in addition to a motor-car, before the 5th of May, you might send her for us: we would as soon travel that way, land at the Temple stairs and lunch with you while the yacht takes our luggage up-river to Chelsea

You have evidently misunderstood my motives in deciding to buy a car, I began to explain.

Get a neat, unobstrusive disk with "Hackney Carriage" fitted to it, he interposed: you can make a tidy income out of your car then, when the Muse (should I say the Garage?) fails you.

 If, he writes, 19. 4. 21'', you have not blewed or blued (which is it?) your last fiver, consider whether your library is really complete without the Greville Memoirs. Strachey's book will probably have set you lusting for them.''

They contain the original story about "speaking disrespectfully of the Equator."

''I send you the second edition of Harris' life of Oscar. You have already read the first edit-*''